THE 2023 THREAD NO ONE WANTED TO MAKE

[Duchess]

They get 4-5 feet up in Watertown. Downstaters are sissies.

rothschild, I just have to tell you that I couldn't agree more. I can remember snowbanks as high as my bedroom window on the 2^nd floor. People around here don't have a clue and I spend a good part of winter rolling my eyes at their dramatic exclamations of the cold when it's in the 40's or their complete panic if the weather people say we could get an inch of snow.

[rothschild]

They get 4-5 feet up in Watertown. Downstaters are sissies.

rothschild, I just have to tell you that I couldn't agree more. I can remember snowbanks as high as my bedroom window on the 2^nd floor. People around here don't have a clue and I spend a good part of winter rolling my eyes at their dramatic exclamations of the cold when it's in the 40's or their complete panic if the weather people say we could get an inch of snow.

Every generation seems to have less of an ability to cope with adversity than it's predecessor, especially the adversity inherent to properly raising children.

[Clang McFly]

Hang in there, Clang.  Be safe.

Ides of March be a bitch, this year.

Remember . . . Lion and Lamb . . . half-way through March.

Think of me as your "Vehicle" . . . delivering you warm weather vibes.

Fuck. Why did I waste 40 minutes digging out my car? It's still snowing like a bastard out there. I'll probably have to do it again tomorrow. Might have tomorrow off of work too at this rate. At least I have power. And if I'm off tomorrow I can catch up on more movies or clean my apartment.

[Duchess]

Every generation seems to have less of an ability to cope with adversity than it's predecessor, especially the adversity inherent to properly raising children.

I've known parents who make a deliberate effort to ensure their kids don't face adversity if they can help it. It's how they roll and I don't understand why they think they are doing their kids a favor. 

[MirahM]

I always ask my mom why she dosn't want to move back to MN where her family is and she really just doesn't want to deal with the weather anymore. I get it.

[BigMark]

Yeah but WALLEYE!

[MirahM]

I love this guy's videos

[Duchess]

I'm watching/listening to someone make banana bread and she said, "everyone's favorite word-moist". You people would have understood why I muttered, da fuck it is.

[BigMark]

[BlueTiki]

I'm watching/listening to someone make banana bread and she said, "everyone's favorite word-moist". You people would have understood why I muttered, da fuck it is.

Post the recipe.  I wanna see this person's version of "The World's Best"  "Best and Easiest"  and "Mo***est Banana Bread EVER".

If you aren't soaking the bananas in coffee and adding a bit of micro shredded orange peel to the batter, you're missing out.

But then, I eat peanut butter and bacon, on toast.  

[MirahM]

I try to add coffee to everything

[Duchess]

Post the recipe.  

Here ya go. It was on the Today show this morning. You're 3 hours behind me so you might be able to catch it right now.

https://www.today.com/recipes/bullock-br...pe-t281349

[BlueTiki]

I try to add coffee to everything

Trader Joe's has a Coffee BBQ Rub.  Or at least they did, and it was fabulous.

I now just make my own and tweak it with a little bit more of this and not-so-much of that.

[BlueTiki]

Post the recipe.  

Here ya go. It was on the Today show this morning. You're 3 hours behind me so you might be able to catch it right now.

https://www.today.com/recipes/bullock-br...pe-t281349

Thanks!  Just read it.

Mayo is a great trick.  It's really just eggs and oil . . . 

Yogurt v. sour cream . . . bean v. extract.

Basic, standard recipe.

You need to go a bit wilder . . . 

[BigMark]

Still no counter top, faucet or sink, it sucks.

[MirahM]

That is sucky!

[Duchess]

I just watched a short video of a whale going up against a boat filled with people and when he stuck his head out of the water a man began to hug on him and kiss his head, people in the background were ohhhing & awing and my first thought is, that's a wild creature and when he hurts or kills the man all those watching will say, but, but, but he was only kissing & hugging him. People are so dumb. Jeezus.

[aussiefriend]

Yes, people are so so stupid. What the actual hell? This poor girl over in Western Australia thought she was getting in the water to swim with dolphins because someone had said they had seen dolphins, it was a bull shark. She died. She was 16 years old.

I am not for interacting with these animals even if it is in a controlled environment. They are happier and have better lives when they don't have that human contact. You see it at zoos when people try and interact with the wild animals with disastrous results.

People are so dumbed down and uneducated these days. There is no excuse for such stupidity as touching a whale. I know the whale watching tourism is big, but it is just whale watching. I actually think here in Australia, if you go near them you will be arrested and fined because it is against the law.

[sally]

Animals always try to interact with me, not the opposite. I've had so many incidents where I'm just minding my own business and they come up to me initiating small talk. I'm like Dr. Doolittle.

[BigMark]

I see you more like a dentist.